Record-Breaking Buyer Activity At Southern Furniture Show
The 62nd Southern Furniture and Bug Market shows heavy buyer activity with many predicting a 1956 record in dollar volume. Registrations nearing 4,000 and retailers report high demand for luxury items with delivery often in April or May. Prices rise 10 to 15 percent on some pieces as mass production sustains desirable quality at popular prices.
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South
C. N. Allen
North Carolina
Hazelwood
C. N. Allen Co
Hugh Mullen
Allens
Southern Furniture Exposition
Ex-Convict Faces Death In Kidnapping
Arthur Ross Brown, a 30-year-old ex convict, is scheduled for execution in the Missouri gas chamber on February 24 for kidnapping Mrs. Wilma Allen. A federal jury recommended the death penalty after a 35 minute deliberation. Brown admitted robbing, raping, and killing Mrs. Allen during a 1963 crime, with a state murder charge pending in Kansas.
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Kansas City
Arthur Ross Brown
Missouri
Wilma Allen
U.S
Charles E. Chitaker
Brown
Kansas
Roy C,thony
Oell
Fugitive Billy Joe Welborn to be Returned to North Carolina
Billy Joe Welborn, a 25 year old inmate who escaped from Rockingham County prison camp on September 3 1953, was captured in Pascagoula Mississippi. He had been sentenced in Guilford Superior Court in July 1953 and will be transported back to North Carolina. A Mississippi Bar Patrol and Pascagoula sheriff's department coordinated the arrest in connection with an auto theft case.
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Raleigh
Rockingham County
Pascagoula
Miss
North Carolina
Prisons Department
C. R. Cook
Billy Joe Welborn
Welborn
Guilford Superior Court
Anneun
Mississippi Bar Patrol
Southerners Blast Court Ruling on School Segregation
In Washington the House heard Southern denouncements of the Supreme Court decision on racial segregation in public schools. Rep Bell Williams urged interposition to nullify the ruling within states, urging a constitutional amendment ratified by three quarters of the states. Governors of Virginia Georgia and South Carolina endorsed the drive at Richmond.
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Washington
House
Richmond
Virginia
Georgia
South Via
Williams
Supreme Court
Reple
Sonia
Stanes
Management Claims Victory as Triangle Hosiery Ballot Rejects Union
Triangle Hosiery Mills workers rejected union representation by 367 to 111 in a vote supervised by the NLRB. Management called it an overwhelming victory while labor leaders criticized irregularities and consider protests to the NLRB. Union activity is led by the United Textile Workers of America with 94 percent voter turnout among eligible employees.
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Triangle Hosiery Mills
Assix
Nathan Ayers
Triangle
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
United Textile Workers of America
Ayers
Radford
Knowland Banks On Primaries
Senator Knowland again weighs a conditional bid for the Republican nomination based on five primaries Illinois Alaska Florida Maryland and California He will visit New Hampshire this weekend but may avoid its 13 primary unless forced to respond to delegate entries He seeks to prove strength in the primaries to sustain a possible run if Eisenhower does not run and aims to spread tests geographically ahead of the April 10 Illinois and June 5 California voting
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Illinois
Alaska
Florida
Maryland
California
Senate
GOP
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Illis
Ilinois
Governor Hodges discusses Richmond interposition meeting
Governor Hodges described attending a Richmond gathering with three advisers and four other Southern governors to discuss interposition against federal school desegregation actions. He stressed caution, study of options, and protest, noting North Carolina may act carefully within the state’s legal framework.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Richmond
Supreme Court
North Carolina
South
Hodges Plans February 4 Reveal Rally in Leaksville
Hodges announces a February 4 appearance in Leaksville to reveal political plans with strong indication he will run for governor. He cites meetings in Wilmington on hurricane damage, discusses disaster funding and federal aid, and notes $400,000 in disaster relief funds expected for emergency highway repairs.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Leaksville
Wilmington
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Utilities Commission
Stanley Winborne
Federal Power Commission
Winborne
Test Tube Evidence Fails to Save Father in Slaying Trial
In Oakland California jurors sentenced 27 year old Burton Abbott to death for kidnapping and beating 14 year old Stephanie Bryan to death. Key evidence included hair fibers clay soil matches and a recovered basements grave lead. Abbott's wife and mother reacted with grief and vows to fight.
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Oakland
Calif
Burton W. Abbott
San Quentin
Archyey
Stephanie Bryan
Abbott
Rice
Stanley Whitney
Wes B. Howe
Abbbott
Charles Wade
University of California
Elsie
Georgia
Chris
Stephanie
Abbotts’ Alameda
FBI
California
Paul Kirk
Interposition Doctrine Dusted Off In South
South governors push interposition to resist school desegregation. Debate centers on legality and whether states may curb federal orders until constitutional ratification. Historical notes cite Jefferson Madison and Calhoun while acknowledging no court precedent exists.
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South
Fatal Shooting Appeal Trembles Supreme Court Record
Thomas W. Taylor’s appeal to the State Supreme Court centers on his Jan. 21 second degree murder conviction for hiding in a car trunk and shooting Talmadge A. Parker in a restaurant parking lot. Witness disputes and missing witness disclosures are highlighted as attorneys debate trial fairness and evidentiary disclosures.
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Charlotte
State Supreme Court
Thomas W. Taylor
Taylor
Talmadge A. Parker
Parker
Rena Johnson
Marvin Ritch
Eva Gowan
Eisenhower seeks $126.5 million for basic medical research
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve a five point health program including a 28 percent boost to basic medical research totaling 126,525,000 and a 250 million five year grant plan for medical facilities. He proposed private pooling options if feasible and warned against socialized medicine.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Assn
Terrorists Reappear In Tunisia Amid Political Strife
Reports from Tunis describe isolated outbreaks of terrorism and grenade attacks after 18 months of relative calm. The violence highlights ongoing friction between Tunisian leaders Habib Bourguiba and Salah Ben Youssef and the continuing French influence over defense and foreign affairs.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Pierre Mendes- France
France
Islans
Habib Bourguiba
Neo-Destour Party
Tahar Beni Amar
Mendes-France
Edgar ‘Aure
Igiang
Bourguiba
Neo-Destour
Salah Ben Youssef
Ben Yousesef
Urguiba
Pakistan
Indonesia
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